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Monday, 22 February 2010

Breathe and Stop

Sometimes it feels as if life is running ahead of you, as if you can't quite catch up with what's going on around you. It reminds me of childhood, when you'd cycle down a hill and suddenly be going faster than you could really control. All you do at such a time is hope that your feet will somehow reach the ground to slow down the motion that you're unable to manage.

That's how I felt about two weeks ago. And what to do at such a moment in life? Though it seems impossible at the time, the best thing to do is to stop and breathe, breathe and stop. That's exactly what I did. In the midst of too much going on, I took my favourite gals (my mother and daughter) out for lunch at Tribe, Afia Beach Hotel. The lunch was great, but the best part was the walk on the beach that followed:The Beach (aren't we lucky to have this in the centre of Accra?)The DaughterThe Chalets, neatly hidden by palmtreesAnd suddenly, after inhaling the beautiful sea air, I could smile again and life was back to being good.

Lovely pics! Nothing like a beach trip that makes everything seem right again. A Kenyan friend of mine was staying at Afia Beach Hotel last year so we had fun hanging on the beach...a surprisingly clean beach.